This article lists events that occurred during 1940 in Estonia.
Incumbents First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia Karl Säre Events 17 June – The Red Army occupied Estonia and Latvia. 21 July – New Estonian Parliament (loyal to Soviet powers) proclaimed Estonian SSR. 6 August – Estonia was unlawfully declared the Estonian SSR and was, against the law, incorporated into the Soviet Union.
Births 19 February – Jaan Kiivit Jr., clergyman (d. 2005) 30 March – Ants Pauls, politician 30 April – Ülo Õun, sculptor (died 1988) 28 May – Aarand Roos, linguist, writer and diplomat (d. 2020)
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